Events from the year 1895 in Canada.
Incumbents Crown Monarch – Victoria
Federal government Governor General – John Hamilton-Gordon Prime Minister – Mackenzie Bowell Chief Justice of Canada – Samuel Henry Strong (Ontario) Parliament – 7th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Edgar Dewdney Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Christian Schultz (until September 2) then James Colebrooke Patterson Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – John James Fraser Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Malachy Bowes Daly Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – George Airey Kirkpatrick Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – George William Howlan Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Premiers Premier of British Columbia – Theodore Davie (until March 4) then John Herbert Turner Premier of Manitoba – Thomas Greenway Premier of New Brunswick – Andrew George Blair Premier of Nova Scotia – William Stevens Fielding Premier of Ontario – Oliver Mowat Premier of Prince Edward Island – Frederick Peters Premier of Quebec – Louis-Olivier Taillon
Territorial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – John Christian Schultz (until September 2) then James Colebrooke Patterson Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Charles Herbert Mackintosh
Premiers Chairman of the Executive Committee of the North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events March – Maria Grant is the first woman in Canada to be elected to any office. She served six years on the Victoria School Board and was presented to the future George V as the only woman elected as a school trustee in Canada. March 2 – Theodore Davie resigns as premier of British Columbia March 4 – John Herbert Turner becomes premier of British Columbia April 16 – The town of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, is incorporated. April 24 – Jean-Olivier Chénier Monument unveiled July 1 – Maisonneuve Monument unveiled October 2 – Additional provisional districts of the North-West Territories are established: the districts of Ungava, Mackenzie, Yukon, and Franklin. The districts of Keewatin and Athabaska are enlarged so that all points of Canada are either within a province or a district. The Chinese Board of Trade is formed in Vancouver First ascent of Mount Hector in Banff National Park.
Sport March 9 – The Montreal Hockey Club wins their second Stanley Cup by defeating Queen's University 5 goals to 1 at Montreal's Victoria Rink
Births January to June February 1 – Conn Smythe, ice hockey manager and owner (d.1980) February 15 – Earl Thomson, athlete and Olympic gold medallist (d.1971) March 23 – John Robert Cartwright, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d.1979) April 30 – Philippe Panneton, physician, academic, diplomat and writer (d.1960) May 12 – William Giauque, chemist and Nobel laureate (d.1982) May 27 – Douglas Lloyd Campbell, politician and 13th Premier of Manitoba (d.1995)
July to December
July 5 – Frederic McGrand, physician and politician (d. 1988) July 7 – Thane Campbell, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1978) July 29 – Albert A. Brown, politician and lawyer (d.1971) September 7 – Pete Parker, radio announcer (d.1991) September 18 – John Diefenbaker, politician and 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d.1979) September 20 – Leslie Frost, politician and 16th Premier of Ontario (d.1973) November 5 – Howard Charles Green, politician and Minister (d.1989) December 1 – Edwin Hansford, politician (d.1959)
Deaths January 17 – Joseph Tassé, politician (b.1848) January 28 – Camille Lefebvre (b.1831) April 4 – Malcolm Alexander MacLean, 1st Mayor of Vancouver (b.1842) August 4 – Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, seigneur, journalist and politician (b.1818) September 4 – Antoine Plamondon, artist (b.1804) September 11 – Thomas Heath Haviland, politician (b.1822) September 15 – Hector Berthelot, lawyer, journalist and publisher (b.1842)
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